Improvement in machines for transmitting power



A. REED.

Machines for Transmitting Power. No .l5 5,674. Patented ,0ct.6,1874-..

T i i-1 ATTORNEYS.

THE GRAPHIC CO.PHDTO-LITH39& 4| PARK PLAOERLC UNITED STATES PATENT()rrron.

ALBERT REED, OF OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR TRANSMITTING POWER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 155,674, dated October6, 1874; application filed August 29, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT REED, of Oroville, in the county of ButteandState of California, have invented .a new and Improved MachineforTransmitting Power, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinalsection of my improved machinefor transmitting power 5 Fig. 2, an endview, and Fig. 3 avertical transverse section, of the same on the line 0c, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is to facilitate the transmission of powerfor the purpose of working pumps, sawing machines, 860.; and theinvention consists of suitable weighted, swinging, and regulatingdevices, which produce, when set to work, a uniform degree of motive'power.

In the drawing, A and A represent strong front and rear frames forsupporting the various operating devices. The front frame, A, isprovided with a centrally pivoted lateral frame, B, being operated bymeans of a weighted lever-arm, B and handle B The upward-extending partof frame B supports a pivoted elbow-lever, 0, to which is attached,at'the outermost end, a weight, 0, which increases the momentum of leverO, and transmits motion, by a link, D, to a centrally-fulorumed lever,B. The opposite end of lever E connects with a vertically swinging arm,F,

which is fulcrumed to the rear, frame A, and

connected rigidly, under right angles, with a top piece, F havingfriction -rollers F at their outer ends. The friction-rollers F supporta pivoted carriage, G with concaved top part, which connects, by adownward-extending rigid arm, G with the lower end of a fulcrumed arm, Gthat is hung with its upper end to a horizontally-swinging top lever, H.The top lever H has a weight, H, at the rear end, and is supported onthe concaved top of pivoted carriage G by a readily-turnin gfriction-roller, H which increases, in connection with the swingingmotion of the earriage, the power of the strokes of top lever H. Thefulcrum of top lever H is secured on the upper part of the front frameA, the forward end of lever H being attached to cords L, which pass oversuitable side and top pulleys of frame A to the ends of acentrallypivoted lateral lever, M, to which the pump or other machineryto be driven is attached.

By setting the operatinghandle in motion, the various parts areconsecutively brought into active operation, until the finalreciprocatin g motion of lever M is obtained.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The combination of pivoted weighted levers

